The lowdown on Legal Hackathon Miami

This event is an experiment in combining the standard hackathon format with Lean-style customer development, with the goal being finding products worth building, rather than simply building products. We will be bringing in legal professionals throughout the 2-day event, as an opportunity to explore their painpoints and collaboratively design solutions for problems they encounter in their day-to-day operations.

 Concept: The
inspiration behind the LHM is to bring together lawyers and legal professionals
on the one hand, and technology professionals on the other, to develop
applications that will benefit the legal profession. LHM teams will be made up
of legal professionals, programmers, and designers. LHM demonstrates that Miami’s technology
community has grown from a hodge-podge of technology enthusiasts to a
comprehensive development presence that can focus its innovative creations on
sector specific problems.

 Prizes: Knight
Foundation’s $5000 prize for best legal application, $200 to $500 in gift cards
for other participants.